Fatal Swimming Attack

2004 Piedade Beach, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

📋 Table of Contents

📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2004

⏰ 15h00

📍 Location

Piedade Beach, Recife, Pernambuco, BRAZIL

🌍 BRAZIL

🏊 Activity

Swimming

⚕️ Outcome

Fatal

🔴 Fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: 29

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Unprovoked

🩹 Injury Details

FATAL, right thigh & hip bitten

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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